5-Part Genre Checklist to Help You Write Your Book

[@feruspriest]

Fantasy being a setting, not a content genre, was a grade frame shift for me when I first encountered the idea.

[@faithfaraday]

Maybe it's because I'm a discovery writer, (pantser) but I didn't decide how long the characters' timeline should be before I started writing. I started writing and found out.

[@lauliemal1610]

I can’t believe more people don’t know about this channel tbh, it’s amazing

[@robertrdbrooks7658]

Tim, Thank You for your much needed education. Last year, I lost my job due to my disability. I lost the use of my legs due to hip erosion. Fighting straining to work, my doctor told me you're done. Look at you. You can't even take a step. Instead of feeling sorry for myself sitting at home starting at four walls, I decided to write a novel. In a sci fi fantasy D&D setting? Am I correct? Boy was I floored by the way writing a novel is constructed. Just don't sit down and write a novel. There's a certain specific way to write a novel. Starting with show don't tell and everything that follows. I treat it like a business I get up every morning breakfast shower book. I set aside time, I go to KZbin University and learn from you and professionals like you. Tim, Thank You for the education. 👍💥

[@GreggMikulla]

That's inspiring. One of my favorite writers, Hubert Selby Jr., one of the greats of the last century, had also gone through the same thing, and, having never written a sentence in his life, decided to write "because (he) knew the alphabet." Lo and behold, 3 years later, Henry Miller championed his first novel into publication and worldwide acclaimed. He would go on to write 8 books, 2 of which became major motion pictures. I'm also learning and eke-ing my way through these videos with the hope to accomplish the same. Tim is an amazing teacher; he gives straightforward and concise guidance that is easy to comprehend. Good luck, and I wish you the greatest success in your endeavor

[@robertrdbrooks7658]

@user-iu6ug5cr9g Awe? Wow! Henry Miller was illiterate. & he wrote 8, or 9 novels. Wow! Quite amazing! To go from ABC's to writing novels! And, have one made into a movie! Curious? What's the name of the movie? I can also look it up online. Inspiring to say the least! From the heart, Thank You! 👍💥

[@GreggMikulla]

@robertrdbrooks7658 any time! His novels that were adapted into films were 'Requiem For A Dream' and 'Last Exit To Brooklyn'. I'll tell you, this writer will hit you in the gut, put you through the ringer, and at the same time it's some of the most beautiful stuff I've ever read. Give him a try some time. Start with either of the ones I mentioned, and enjoy them!

[@PhoenixCrown]

Way to go man! I'm a doer not a talker, so when I decided to write a novel I just sat down and wrote it. 1 year and 125K words later, I had the POS first draft I've used as my case study and education in writing for the past 5 years =P It actually worked really well for me and how i learn. Now I'm finally close to polishing it off and moving on (with a much smarter strategy) to the sequel!

[@nikoletta_]

I'm doing my master's thesis in creative writing and screenwriting and I have been taught that fantasy and sci-fi are definitely genres, just like comedy or mystery. They all have tropes and mechanics that we are expected to use and the audience is expecting to see. -- The only one that's considered a tone rather than a genre is thriller.

[@aircastlearchitect]

Loving this series

[@sumairaahmed1841]

Thank you so much for this. Super super helpful. Im a first time writer and was trying to figure out how to write my idea into an actual long stretched out interesting story and this has helped hugely for me to understand the direction to take.

[@cpryan127]

This series is so helpful. Understanding your application of the principles of story (and Story Grid in particular) to develop your novel is helping me realize how i can develop my stories. Thanks.

[@cantangomatt8546]

I learned a lot. Thank you!

[@fionpica7406]

Thank you - such help!

[@AbedTibawi]

Can you please dive deeper into the comedy style genre? I'm intrigued.

[@robertrdbrooks7658]

Thank You for the education.

[@nyxcole9879]

My novel is a psych horror but the content genre is morality

[@AtomicElf1]

Actually people want to over complicate what "genre" means, asking "Is ___ really a genre?" The definition for genre is "A category of artistic composition... characterized by similarities in form, style, or subject matter." (Oxford Languages) By that definition, yes Fantasy and Young Adult are genres. They just are genres that are more useful for Readers rather than Authors. They give the reader an idea as to the form, style, and subject matter. But they aren't as useful for a writer developing a story, even though they may inform basics like type of world, complexity, or vocabulary choice.

[@theapavlou3030]

Ah, Tim you're a mind reader. Thank you !!

[@PhoenixCrown]

9:00 Great explanation of how to marry setting with theme. My working theme is "Fight not the other side but those above who divide." It's about class division, and my setting is a world where 1% of the population control all the magic, and the Four Nations are the only oases of life on the planet, surrounded by the blight. The theme of division is tangible in the world, and I think it works really well!

[@laylali9328]

I’m really interested in if you can do an analysis of NARUTO story arc. I mean you got it on your wall. It’s from Japan and have different structure as a western story. If we write a TV show story such as Naruto, what would the framework be?

[@ArielleLavecchia]

I kept saying they were listings for shops to know where to put the book on their shelves.... I got boo'd at for that.

[@squizzums]

Can you please give published examples that are not your book?

[@StoryGrid]

I do in the other videos. This is a series specifically about how I wrote my book. - Tim

[@squizzums]

@@StoryGrid Ok!

[@squizzums]

@@joetuktyyuktuk8635 Gotcha!

[@AristizabalixGrimm]

I am early. Hello.

[@SimonAlexanderMarlow]

I know you have a product to sell but there are plenty of anti plot books that aren't unreadable

[@johnnyb.5281]

@5:39 There is an episode of Star Trek TNG that is 45 minutes long like most episodes of that show. But it takes place over a lifetime for Patrick Stewart's character BUT it's only about 17 minutes for the rest of the characters It won some daytime TV awards.